A school, Abu Naima Primary and Secondary School, located in the Bukuru area of Jos, the Plateau state capital, collapsed on Sunday evening. The death death toll the collapse at the Abu Naima Primary and Secondary School in Jos, the Plateau state capital, has risen to 10. Twenty-four other pupils are said to be injured and admitted to the Plateau ...

Governor Aminu Tambuwal on Saturday visited some communities ravaged by flood in Tangaza and Gudu local government areas where he appealed to the Federal Government to come to the aid of the state in its plan to resettle some villages. The Governor, who visited Sakkwai and Kutufare villages in the affected local government areas, said the damage caused by flood ...

The Edo State Government has committed N200 million to the renovation of the dilapidated Ogida police barracks, as part of government’s efforts to boost the morale of policemen and their families resident in the barracks. The State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, announced the government’s plan at a reception organised for the Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, in Benin City, to celebrate ...

Noise pollution is a harmful or annoying level of noise, as from airplanes, industry, etc. Dwelling on noise pollution as it concerns our residential surrounding, one would hope to stay away from all form of disturbance at the sight of one’s shelter but that isn’t the case. The lack of proper town planning creates room for and opens individuals to ...

The Nigerian constitution actually makes it mandatory for the President and other officials/officers of the state, especially the elected/appointed officers to declare their assets which include their real estate acquisition and investments while taking over and leaving their offices with the Code of Conduct Bureau. But whether such declaration should be made public for the sake of transparency is a ...

Exciting developments in global real estate, as faded rapper 50 Cent announces imminent completion of a new project with a short Instagram video. The film is somewhat jerky, but features a substantial property with a very green swimming pool and a fairly lingering shot of a worker dutifully sweeping the grounds. Watch video below:   My crib is almost finished in AFRICA. I'm gonna have the craziest ...

The General Manager, Lagos State Public Works Corporation, Mr. Ayotunde Sodehinde, says the state government plans to rehabilitate more roads in the state. Sodehinde, who stated this during a tour of the ongoing Ikotun-Ejigbo Road project, said the state government had recently awarded the rehabilitation of a bad portion of Regina Mondi, in Mushin Oloosa, and had also directed that ...

The President of the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (NITP), Dr. Femi Olomola, has said that the draft of the Land Use Planning Report will soon be unveiled. Olomola said the document would be ready before the institute’s national conference and annual general meeting coming up in Ilorin in October. “Be rest assured that a draft of the LUPAR will ...

Quantity surveying professionals have said reduction in corrupt practices will help to improve project delivery in the country. The President, Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveying, Alhaji Murtala Aliu, said this was an important step in nation building. Aliu, who is also a former Minister of State for Power and Steel, spoke at the institute’s second research conference with the theme, ...

The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Housing, Mr. Olatunji Odunlami, has said the Lagos State Government’s rent-to-own policy under the Homeownership Mortgage Scheme will soon commence “We are finalising the rent-to-own scheme; it takes some time for the government to bring out a policy or programme because it must be looked at critically,” Odunlami said at a meeting with allotees from ...